vB Spell :: Spell Checker in WYSIWYG and Standard Modes

A 3.6 version by cynix2 is posted here:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=124578

What this does: vB Spell allows you to install a dictionary (English dictionary included) into your MysQL database, and provide a spell checking window that works in both of vB's editor modes, standard and WYSIWYG.

Background: Many of you liked PungoSpell, but didn't like recompiling PHP for it. Many liked PHPSpell, but didn't like the lack of WYSIWYG support and browser compatibility. vB Spell solved both problems, I hope, by combining the best of each.

Features:
o Supports most recent versions of browsers. Tested on IE, Firefox, Mozilla/Netsacpe, Opera and Konqueror (Konqueror implies Safari, but please confirm Mac folks)
o Learn Feature uses cookies, so it won't increase the database size
o Admin panel options
o Works in WYSIWYG toolbar, Standard toolbar, and no toolbar
o Can be added in full edit mode, quick edit and quick reply.
o Skips quoted text and other tags (PHP, code, etc.)
o Usergroup permisisons
o Template based interface, and uses your default style.
o Link buttons (Thesarus and Lookup) with links to Merriam Webster's online thesarus and dictionary links with the suggestion for misspelled words.

Installation:
Note: There is a french version of vB Spell, by cclaerhout posted here

1. Upload files and run vbspell_install.php
2. Go to AdminCP > vBulletin Options > vB Spell and edit your usergroup permisisons.
3. Template edits: (see alternative method, if you don't mind removing the ieSpell button made by vB : https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....9&postcount=48)

For each template where you would like to add a vB Spell, do the following edits (Example: editpost, newreply, newthread, etc.)

A. Find:

</head>

Add before:

<script src="vbspell.js"></script>

B. Find: (or anywhere in the body)

$navbar

Add after:

<form name="spell_form" id="spell_form" method="POST" target="spellWindow" action="vbspell.php">
        <input type="hidden" name="spell_formname" value="">
        <input type="hidden" name="spell_fieldname" value="">
        <input type="hidden" name="spellstring" value="">
</form>

C. Find the submit and preview buttons:

		<input type="submit" class="button" name="sbutton" value="$vbphrase[save_changes]" accesskey="s" tabindex="1" />
		<input type="submit" class="button" name="preview" value="$vbphrase[preview_changes]" accesskey="p" tabindex="1" />

Add below:

<input type="button" class="button" value="Spell Check" onClick="spellCheck('vbform', '$editorid', '2');" />

Other templates:

Optional: Other Templates that contain edit boxes are:
USERCP_SHELL just add A before the </head section and B after it. Required for pm_newpm and modifysignature.
editpost
Calendar Templates: calendar_edit
New Posting Templates: newreply, newthread

Quick reply: . Put change A and B in showthread, as the rest, and use this for step C:

<input type="button" class="button" value="Spell Check" onClick="spellCheck('qrform', '$editorid', '2');" />

Right after this (also in showthread):

			<input type="submit" class="button" value="$vbphrase[go_advanced]" accesskey="x" title="(Alt + X)" name="preview" tabindex="3" id="qr_preview" onclick="this.form.clickedelm.value = this.value" />

For quick edit in postbit_quickedit, use this for step C (A and B are in showthread):

		<input type="button" class="button" value="Spell Check" onClick="spellCheck('vbform', '$editorid', '2');" />

After this:

		<input type="button" class="button" tabindex="1" accesskey="p" value="$vbphrase[go_advanced]" id="{$editorid}_adv" />

History:
December 25, 2005: Security fix for cases where you allow HTML posts and they contain malicious code (Credit goes to Brendan Donahue for finding the issue and alerting TechGuy, and to TechGuy for alerting me to it)
November 2nd. 2005: Fixes a bug with slashes in text.
October 17. 2005: Check for primary and secondary group for permission. Bug fix for quoted words.
September 13, 2005: v0.9.9 Bugfix for JS on IE with RC3
July 15, 2005: v0.9.8 Bugfix for JS code mismatch with template.
July 14, 2005: v0.9.7 Initial release for vB 3.5 beta-4

Please click Install if you have installed this mod.

Scrrenshots: (from the 3.0.7, but it's identical)

[ludachris]

Originally Posted by christianb

I have 3.5.2 and what I had to do was uninstall the hack and then reinstall it (completely including template modifications) to get it to work - but I've not even had a single issue with it since the reinstall.

Man, this is frustrating. I've uninstalled and reinstalled completely. No luck. I used to have PungoSpell installed, could that have anything to do with this? Uninstalled that one and tried this one.

[vonedaddy]

I am having problems also with 3.5.2... I get internal server errors on step 5 of install (Load Dictionary). Then I uninstalled and try to reinstall and got DB errors. Has there been any help with this??

[HenryHank]

I just installed this on 3.5.2, and it works flawlessly.

The only issue was that I had changed my admin cp directory name, so the install program can't find the dictionary to load ("/admincp/" is hard coded in the install script).

What you need to do is create an admincp directory and move the DICTIONARY.DIC into that directory (if you also changed the admincp directory). Then the install will complete and load the database tables. You might need to uninstall then re-install, since the database table has already been created.

But with my plain vanilla 3.5.2 version (also running with PHPADSNEW), it works perfectly without any other errors or problems.

[soravok]

I'm still having the same problem as I mentioned in earlier posts. The spell checking window just has garbled php code in it and nothing else. Any thoughts or suggestions folks?

[ludachris]

Well I guess those of us who have tried installing it multiple times with no luck are... out of luck.

[davidw]

The only thing I can think of it conflicting hacks. In your plugins, where the vbspell is, something else may be conflicting with it.

[ludachris]

Originally Posted by christianb

The only thing I can think of it conflicting hacks. In your plugins, where the vbspell is, something else may be conflicting with it.

This hack doesn't use plugins.

[tamarian]

Originally Posted by ludachris

Has anyone else experienced Javascript errors, preventing the spell check from working? I ran the install and edited the templates, but when I click the button, nothing happens. I look down in the corner of the IE status bar and there's a JS error. The error says something like:

'document.forms[...].message.value' is null or not an object

Any idea what's going on? The only other thing I have running is phpAdsNew scripts (in js form). I removed all the phpadsnew code and it still gives the same error, so there's no conflict there.

This happens with which template? edit post, reply, new thread ..?

[ludachris]

It appears there's something wrong with the javascript file. That's where the error is happening - I don't think it's conflicting with another hack.

It's giving me an error with line 25 in the javascript file - here's line 25:

h_spellform.spellstring.value = document.forms[formName]["message"].value;

In the error I'm receiving, it's seeing the variable "formName" as "..." and saying it's null or not an object.

[ludachris]

Originally Posted by tamarian

This happens with which template? edit post, reply, new thread ..?

Reply, New Thread and Quick Reply are all giving me problems. I didn't try installing in Edit Post.